It's that time of year again! Time for the ADVANCED Poster Awards, hosted this year by myself and Suffix! For new members, this is an annual awards event designed to commemorate the people and events on the Fungi Forums during the past year. For returning members, we will be conducting the awards a bit differently this year. We have the list of categories drawn, and they are:
1) Poster of the Year- This person is this year's best all-around poster. He/she should, in your opinion, have contributed most to the Fungi Forums. This person must have reasonably active (use your common sense) in 2007 to qualify for this award.
2) Topic of the Year- The topic that gets this award shall be what you think is this year's best topic. You may pick this any way you like. The topic must have been made in 2007 to qualify.
3) Post of the Year- Similiar to Topic of the Year, this award will go to what you think is this year's best post. If your reason for picking this post was primarily for an image in it, disregard it for this category and put it in the one I mentioned below. The post shall have been made in 2007 to qualify. (The topic in which the post was made does not necessarily have to have been made in 2007.)
4) Image of the Year- New for 2007, this award goes to the image (portrait or otherwise) that, for whatever reason, was the best of any posted here. For this post, please do not consider text that was in the same post as the image. The image does not have to have been made in 2007 to qualify, but it does have to have been posted in 2007.
5) Most Productive Poster- This person is the person you feel has made the most of his/her posts and time spent here. This person does not necessarily have to have been constantly active, but must still have had to have been here in 2007.
6) Smartest Poster- This person shall have been the one who you think has the most knowledge on the forums, Mario-related or otherwise. Activity requirement shall be about the same as for the Poster of the Year.
7) Most Amiable Poster- This person is the one who you think is the nicest, most welcoming person this year. Same activity requirement as above.
8) Most Creative Poster- This person shall have been the most original with his/her posts, ideas, images, etc.
9) Most Improved- Over the course of 2007, which person do you think had overall improved the most? This person does not necessarily have to be new in 2007.
10) Best Newbie- We've had many new members this year. Which do you think is the best? To qualify, this person shall have had to have joined or have started to post (that is, the person can have joined in a previous year but shall have
actually started posting) sometime within 2007.
11) Most Missed- Sadly, many people have also left us this year. Which of them do you miss the most? This person shall have had to have left during 2007 to qualify.
12) WTD Award- Which person has made you exclaim (or at least think) "What the dukar?" the most this year?
13) Best Signature- Which signature did you like the most this year? This signature shall have been made in 2007 to qualify. Please remember to add the person and their actual signature, not just the person.
14) Best Custom Title- Whose custom title did you enjoy most this year? The award for this shall go to the recipient of the custom title, not to the moderator/admin who gave it. It also shall have been given in 2007. Please write both the recipient and the custom title.
15) Deezer Award- Self-explanatory.
As I said earlier, voting will be different this year. For the first stage of the awards, you will nominate people (or topics, posts, images, etc.) who you think should be considered for each category. You may nominate as many people (or topics, posts, images, etc.) you like; however, said person (or topic, post, or image) must be nominated by at least two different people to qualify for the next stage of the awards. You may not nominate yourself (except for Best Custom Title-- you may nominate your own CT, but if you are a mod/admin, you may not nominate one you have given). For topics, posts, and images, you must provide links to them. The nomination stage is currently set to end on December 29 at 11:59 PST. Take time to think about your decisions and don't feel rushed. Nominations have ended. Voting will begin shortly. The next stage is voting. When nominations are complete, we will announce which people, topics, posts, and images are eligible for voting. From these, pick one winner and one runner-up for each category. You may not vote for yourself (except for Best Custom Title, as stated above). Please vote in as many categories as possible, and try to take the entire year into consideration when voting.
Voting is currently set to end on January 6 at 11:59 PST. The list of eligible candidates for each award can be found here.If there is anything you do not understand, feel free to post your question here and Suffix or I will answer. Have fun!
